From rejecting the beautiful female CEO to becoming extremely powerful

Gu Nanqiao picked up the bathrobe and turned to leave.

She walked very fast, without even turning her head back.

When the elevator doors closed, Lu Yunzhou was still standing by the pool, with Ye Zhiwei's hand on his shoulder.

Back in the duplex apartment, Gu Nanqiao sat on the sofa, holding her phone all night.

The screen lit up and then dimmed, dimmed and then lit up again.

She wrote several messages, but deleted them all.

There are so many questions I want to ask, but if I actually ask them, I'll just seem ridiculous.

By daybreak, the coffee on the table had gone cold.

In the rooftop lounge, Ye Zhiwei draped a bath towel over the back of a chair, blocking Lu Yunzhou's path.

"You still want to leave?"

She grabbed his sleeve, her face already mostly sober.

Lu Yunzhou glanced at her reddened ears: "You drank quite a bit last night, go back to sleep first."

"I am perfectly sober."

Ye Zhiwei raised her hand and pressed it against his chest, lowering her voice: "Last night's encounter was a test, and I don't want to test you again tonight."

Lu Yunzhou's hand froze in mid-air.

Ye Zhiwei looked up at him, her eyes not daring to look away.

She placed the key card in his palm, then turned and pushed open the door to the break room.

"If you leave now, I will chase after you later."

Lu Yunzhou's Adam's apple bobbed, and he finally followed them inside.

The door was closed, shutting out the sound of water outside.

The lights in the break room stayed on until dawn, and daylight shone through the gaps in the curtains.

Two people's coats were draped over the back of the chair, a water glass was overturned on the table, and messy footprints were left on the carpet.

Ye Zhiwei leaned against the headboard, her long hair cascading over her shoulders.

She reached out and touched Lu Yunzhou's wrist, pressing her palm against it.

What needed to be said has been said, and what needed to be done has been done.

The two have crossed that final barrier in their relationship.

Lu Yunzhou leaned against the window, looking down to adjust his cuffs.

Ye Zhiwei took his phone, glanced at the time, and showed no regret on her face.

"From today onwards, I am no longer your ordinary employee."

She put her phone back on the table, her tone blunt.

Lu Yunzhou turned his head to the side: "What kind of identity do you want?"

Ye Zhiwei buttoned up her shirt and looked up to meet his gaze: "You have so many women around you, I want a place where I can be seen in the light of day."

Lu Yunzhou did not answer immediately.

Ye Zhiwei twirled her fingers on the hem of her clothes, then released them: "If you can't answer, that's fine. I'll fight for it myself."

Lu Yunzhou reached out and pressed his hand on her shoulder: "I will keep my word."

Ye Zhiwei looked at him for a few seconds, then raised her hand and punched his chest.

"I'll remember that."

When the two returned to the duplex apartment, Gu Nanqiao was still sitting at the dining table.

She had changed back into her white shirt, and there was an untouched glass of water in front of her.

Hearing the door open, she looked up, her gaze shifting from Ye Zhiwei to Lu Yunzhou's face before returning to the table.

Lu Yunzhou sensed that something was wrong and stopped in his tracks.

Ye Zhiwei went into the kitchen, took out three cups, and poured herself some water.

She was up until dawn last night, her face showing exhaustion, but her tone was very calm.

"Nan Qiao, I admit to what happened last night. I'm with him now."

Gu Nanqiao gripped the cup, her knuckles leaving a red mark.

Ye Zhiwei took a sip of water and continued, "You can stay at Bai Zhi's place tonight. She has a safe house in a secluded location; you won't have any problems staying there for one night."

Gu Nanqiao looked up: "Are you kicking me out?"

"Just asking to stay one night, don't put it so harshly."

Ye Zhiwei put down the cup, her expression calm: "If you stay here, everyone will feel awkward."

Gu Nanqiao looked at her, her chest tight with worry.

She took out her phone and opened the access control page for the duplex apartment.

In the resident list, Ye Zhiwei's name was listed second, with long-term access permission next to it.

Gu Nanqiao raised her hand and pressed delete.

When the system prompted her to confirm, she didn't even lift her eyelids and simply clicked "OK".

Ye Zhiwei stared at her phone screen, and the calm on her face finally crumbled.

"You deleted my access control?"

Gu Nanqiao stood up and grabbed her coat: "You're not welcome here anymore."

After she finished speaking, she walked towards the door.

Ye Zhiwei stepped in front of her: "Is it really necessary?"

Gu Nanqiao gripped the doorknob and turned to look at her: "I only deleted the permissions, I didn't throw your things out."

Lu Yunzhou stood in the middle of the living room, his brows furrowed.

Neither woman would back down.

Ye Zhiwei stared at Gu Nanqiao's back, her hand resting on the edge of the dining table, her knuckles slowly tightening.

Gu Nanqiao stepped into the elevator, and didn't look back until the elevator doors closed.

Lu Yunzhou picked up his car keys and left the duplex apartment.

He didn't chase after Gu Nanqiao, nor did he stay to comfort Ye Zhiwei.

It's no use saying anything now.

There was still a lot of work piled up in Yuanchuan Construction's office; he had to stabilize the project first.

The company lights were off in the early morning, and Cheng Ye and the people from the construction site had not yet returned.

Lu Yunzhou closed the office door, sat cross-legged on the floor, and began to circulate his internal energy.

The aura from last night still lingers in my meridians.

Ye Zhiwei's physique brought a very pure power. After circulating it along his meridians for a week, Lu Yunzhou's old chest injury was much lighter.

He continued to activate the "Creation Secrets".

True energy rushes through the seven orifices and converges into the dantian.

The previously steady airflow suddenly accelerated, flowing back and forth along the arms, shoulders, back, and waist.

Lu Yunzhou's breathing became heavy, and sweat beaded on his forehead.

He gritted his teeth and forced his inner energy back into his dantian.

The next moment, all the documents on the desk were overturned, and the shelves on the wall shook a few times.

Two cracks appeared in the plasterboard wall panel, and documents on the wooden shelf were scattered all over the floor.

Lu Yunzhou opened his eyes and got up to suppress the chaotic energy surging within his body.

The office door was pushed open at that moment.

Cheng Ye stood at the door, leaning on his cane, staring at the documents scattered on the floor, his face frozen.

"Brother Lu, has someone entered the house?"

He looked up and glanced at the cracked wall panel.

Lu Yunzhou bent down and righted the shelf, his expression calm: "The shelf screws were loose; it fell over and got hit."

Cheng Ye walked to the wall and reached out to touch the crack.

"These shelves were only installed two days ago."

"There's a quality issue; we'll have someone replace it later."

Lu Yunzhou stacked the documents on the table, already starting to think about how to repair the wall.

He couldn't let Cheng Ye know about the true qi, and he couldn't let the people in the company notice anything unusual.

Cheng Ye didn't press further, but turned around and took out a stack of materials from the file bag.

He placed the materials on the table and looked up at Lu Yunzhou.

When will the complete plan be submitted for review?

Lu Yunzhou flipped through the documents.

The signature page has been completed, and the construction route, drainage points, and safety measures are all clearly listed.

Gu Nanqiao was efficient in her work, and Ye Zhiwei made no mistakes while overseeing the site.

The Nanwan Old Port project cannot be delayed any longer.

Lu Yunzhou closed the file and picked up his phone.

"We'll do a final check this morning, and send it to Fengming Group for review this afternoon."

Cheng Ye breathed a sigh of relief and was about to nod when Lu Yunzhou picked up the documents from the ground and his gaze fell on the crack in the wall.

"Fix the wall before sending out the plan."

He raised his hand and tapped the table, the sound crisp and clear.

"Don't put off this little trouble until tomorrow."